RealBridge

RealBridge for ACBL Players

ACBL Games on RealBridge – Starting August 2025

Page updated 18 July 2025.

From August onwards, you can start earning ACBL masterpoints on RealBridge, the only online platform that looks and feels like real bridge. All the games are organised via clubs, districts or units.

Please watch this page for updates.

About RealBridge

RealBridge takes online bridge to the next level, with built-in video and sound, bringing the true face-to-face experience online.


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  • See and speak to your opponents - just like face-to-face bridge.
  • Bid and play using a modern, intuitive interface.
  • Connect with everyone at the table, or play with screens.
  • Kibitz featured matches and watch vugraph.
  • Browse deals with a versatile, user-friendly interface.
  • No installation required - click a link, sit down and play.
  • RealBridge partners with clubs, teachers, and event organisers to provide a next-generation bridge experience.
  • Available in 16 languages (each player at the table can be using a different language at the same time).
  • Play in stratified games and see your results instantly.

Quick start user guide

Take a look at our guide, here:

https://realbridge.online/player-guide-quick-start-for-new-players.html

Please note that we do not hold games ourselves. We do provide short "try it out" sessions to showcase our system. For more information, see

https://realbridge.online/try-realbridge.html

To play in a "try it out" game, you don't have to create a Realbridge account - just sign up for the game, wait for an email, and click the link.

Do you want to play at a club today?

Ask your own club whether they already hold RealBridge games.

Write to us, and we will find you a club that hosts games that will suit you. Many clubs around the world welcome guest players. Contact support@realbridge.online

Features for tournament players

  • Talk privately to the director at the table, using audio and video.
  • In teams and BAM events, see it scored as a pair game too (X-IMPs and matchpoints).
  • In multi-session events, see carried-over scores (including X-IMPs).
  • Choice of partner-alerts/explantions or self-alerts/explanations.
  • With written explanations, store your explanations in a library, for later reuse. Pin and unpin favourite explanations at the top of the list.
  • Option to use screens, just like in face-to-face championship events.

RealBridge Credit

For all ACBL-sanctioned events on RealBridge, you pay your entry fee using RealBridge Credit.

How it works

  • Whenever it suits you, you purchase RealBridge Credit. You can purchase as much or as little as you like (subject to the limits below).
  • You can purchase RealBridge Credit in your own currency - USD, CAD, EUR or GBP.
  • The amount you pay becomes the same amount of RealBridge Credit, in the same currency. For example, if you spend 40 USD, that buys you 40 USD in RealBridge Credit.
  • When you are logged into RealBridge, you see a list of upcoming games. Each upcoming session shows the entry fee, in your currency. The entry fee is set by the club that runs the session (subject to the ACBL's minimum advertised price policy). For a club game, the entry fee is usually in the range 2-10 USD / 3-14 CAD.
  • In order to join a game, you must have sufficient RealBridge Credit to cover the entry fee.
  • When you join a game, at the start of play the entry fee is deducted from your RealBridge Credit.
  • The published entry fee includes any Sales Tax or VAT that may be applicable, so the entry fee is the total that will be deducted from your RealBridge Credit.

Conditions of purchasing and using RealBridge Credit

  1. The maximum amount of RealBridge Credit that you can hold at any time is 1000 USD or the equivalent.
  2. The maximum amount of RealBridge Credit that you can purchase in any 24-hour period is 500 USD or the equivalent. 
  3. If you try to make a purchase that exceeds either of these limits, it will be declined.
  4. RealBridge Credit is valid for 12 months from the day that you purchase it.
  5. RealBridge Credit can be used only for paying entry fees to bridge sessions hosted on the RealBridge platform.
  6. RealBridge Credit is non-transferable, non-refundable, and not otherwise convertible to cash.

 

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